Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-03-24


feet of lumber this year.
Over 70, 600, 900 feet of lumber will be
cut In Baraga county this year.
Reports from Michigan's peach belt In
dictate large crop for this season.
John Kent OF Bancroft, for over 40 years
a resident of Shiawassee county, is dead
The capital stock of Ann Arbor's CO.
operative association is limited to $500, 900.
A red-hot prohibition league has been
formed among the students at the uniyer-
sity.
A S24, 900 addition TO Ann Arbor's high
school ediiicc is to be erected the present
season.
Lorenzo w. Chubb wealthy citizen of
Pewamo, dropped dead on the street the
other day.
Andrew Kester, prominent farmer of
Deerfeld, Lapeer county, dropped dead
the other day.
A Battle Creek man offers to bet that
Blaine and Alger will be the republican
ticket in 1888.
Jones & Son, the street car builders of
Troy, n. Y, want to locote in some live
Michigan town.
Henry Bennett, one of the Oldest pion-
GERS of Jackson county, died at his home
in Parma, recently.
1t is rumOred that the famous Ashland
iron mine at Ironwood has been sold to
New York syndicate.
A reward of 81, 900 has been offered for
the capture of the person or persons who
started the Howell fire.
A child was born in Bay City recently
with two thumbs on each hand, and on
one hand but three fingsrs.
A lumberman named Forbes was in
stanty killed 10y rolling log at Coach's
camp on Sturgeon river the other day.
Joseph Quentral fell into an open winze
at the Hematite mine near lshpeming and
fractured his skull. He died in few
hours.
The Hopkins manufacturing company's
store i'm Bear Lake was burned the other
night, and is a total loss. The insurance
is S24, 900.
Catherine Pond of Cadillac, is charged
with enticing East Saginaw girls into her
meshes. The authorities will prosecute
the woman.
j. NJ. Longyear of Marquette has en-
lowed 81 500 prOfessorship in the Alma
Presbyterian college. This provides for
all the professors.
Chas Strand of Grand Rapids has been
awarded verdict of 1000 against the
Chicago Il Michigan railroad for the loss
of leg in an accident
Michael Hart of New Haven, wandered
away from his home two weeks ago, while
i'll. and his parents fear that he is dead.
A search will be instituted.
Lyman w. Baker, an old and we'll
known citizen of Rome, and for twenty
years leading democrat of Lenawee
county died on the 18th inst.
Lizzie Murphy, the young girl of East
Saginaw, who tasted for eight weeks, has
broken her fast and is now eating pre-di-
gested milk and similar light food.
Geo. McMillen, collector for number
of business men of Caro- has skipped with
about $500 worth of documents. A re-
ward of $50 is offered for his arrest.
Louis Hochstadt of Ypsilanti, Is years
old. stole ride on the cars the other day.
He fell under the :rain and his left arm
and right leg were cut off. The lad will
die.
Col. John Sobieski, the Polish orator, is
stirring up the temperance sentiment In
Houghton county, and it is predicted that
the amendment will carry there by large
vote.
The Greenville barrel company that late
" removed its works from Greenyille to
Chicago, has bought 10000 acres of timber
land near Dumas, Ark, and erected mill
at Dumas.
T.. G. Paine of Clio, and Court Bendt of
Mt. Morris, have been sentenced for utter
ing forged grain checks. Paine goes to
Jackson five years, and Bendt to Ionia
two years.
The $780, 900 public building at Mar
ouette will be pushed as rapidly as posi-
bic. The plans will be done in few days
and bids for the construction will then he
advertised for.
T.. III. Elwood, the postal clerk on the G.
r. Il |. railroad who robbed the mails, has
been sent to the Detroit house of correc-
ton for two years. His home was at Sill
yer Creek, Ind.
Henry Fluke Of Concord, Jackson coun-
ty, took several doses of ''Prof. Packard's
little doctor in the bottle" But death
lurked in that bottle, too, and Henry's
funeral was largely attended.
Mrs. Rachel Norton, widow of the Hon.
Pleasant Norton, a member of the legsla-
ture of 1888, died in Cassopolis on the 18th
inst. She had lived on the farm where
she died, since 1882.
Fred Vance of Midland slipped and fell
under the hose cart as the firemen were
returning from a fire the other evening,
and sustained injuries which caused his
death the next morning.
DR.. George +. Hunter of Holly has
brought suit against that village for S10,-
OOO The doctors horse was frightened at
some obstruction in the street, and ran
away seriously injurng the doctor.
John Morse an aged farmer from Or
land, Ind, on his way, with his wife, to
visit their son at Ithaca, was robbed of
81, 300 check and 200 in cash at the Micbi-
gan Central depot in Lansing the other
night
The Jackson wagon company was among
the bidders for Indian supplies to the gov
eminent. and has been awarded the con-
tract of 20 wagons at $40 each, $50 at $50
each. and IS at $28 each, all to be delv-
cred ut Chicago.
The university glee club leave during
the March recess on a western trip and
will give concerts in Chicago, Racine, Mil
waukee, Madison, Dubuque, Rock Island
and other cities. They will return the
first week i'm April.
A Chippewa squaw from ST. Ste. Marie,
turned up at Marshall the other day with
the statement that she was baptized by